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>>168057 Truth be told, I think ALL videogames regardless of genre need to have decent enough stories to get one motivated to accomplish the goals.
If the characters are annoying or whiny or unlikable or the villains suck, etc then there's very little motivation to get immersed in that world. I for one find it hard to get into Metal Gear Solid 2 because the plot and characters are so underwhelming. And it just felt sloppy.
Raiden was whiny, Rose was an annoying nagging girlfriend who no one told to shut up (Raiden forgiving her after all her manipulations and lies destroyed his credibility as a likable protagonist. She did all those horrible things to him only because "its her job" and yet she also tries to portray herself as if she was a victim of Raiden's preferences in women as if he was to blame for how her life ended up when she herself agreed to be a spy. How the fuck do you forgive a bitch like that? Fuck this crap annoyed me).
The villains were made to be blatantly inferior copies of more fan favorite villains and lacked charm. Never mind how little exposition they had including Solidus who you would think should have been important.
Another game whose gameplay was fun enough, but the story sucked was InFAMOUS. Zeke who was Cole's best friend.....is a traitorous jerk dumbass with serious envy over his friend being a mutant with powers. Keep in mind Cole was ostracized for his powers and yet the dumbass keeps on taking cheap shots at our protagonist.
Cole's girlfriend Trish is another case of whiny annoying unlikable bitch of a girlfriend who blames him for shit that wasn't even his fault. Why the fuck does Cole associate with such people? And worse is how Cole just simply keeps on taking their crap like a doormat instead of growing some balls and self respect and tell them both to go to hell. That whipped personality made Cole very unlikable to me.
In the sequel game Zeke became more of an honest friend, but Cole stayed the same and new characters like Nix and Kuo nagged and treated him like crap and Cole continued to take their shit like a loser.
The Jak series also has a badly written story and Jak himself is kind of a whipped loser who takes shit from many people he shouldn't be tolerating at all. Keira and Samos the Sage became insensitive assholes to Jak in Jak 2. Why the fuck should Jak care about them when they don't even care to ask about the two years of torture he endured in the baron's prison? And also Daxter became a douchebag in the spin off game Daxter for the PSP. It turns out that the reason Daxter took two years to find Jak in Jak 2 was because he spent nearly two years......drinking at a bar for fun. He was bar hopping for TWO fucking years (with what money I wonder) telling nonsensical stories about what a hero he was while Jak was being tortured in prison? WTF!? This guy's no friend, he's an asshole! And he's lucky that Jak is too much of a pussy to call him out on that shit because at the end of Daxter, it turns out the whole games experience is being shared with the whole cast of characters and Jak was there listening to the story and not getting mad at how he was left to rot.
Those are my examples. Basically if I can't get into the story concepts and characters, I honestly cannot get into a game. A game needs to be appealing in one way or another, playing a blatantly unenjoyable story with unlikable or annoying characters is not my idea of fun.
Kudos to Insomniac during the first Ratchet and Clank game for having a decent story in a platformer. Ratchet was back stabbed by Captain Quark, a galactic hero he looked up to when he was younger and naive. Did Ratchet just let it go? No. His innocence was crushed and he was nearly murdered by Quark and had to fight for his life. Naturally Ratchet was angry with Captain Quark and wanted to put the bastard in his place. Sure he was seeking revenge and delaying dealing with Chairman Drek, but Ratchet had a good argument which was Captain Quark worked for Chairman Drek, so taking down one of Drek's patsies was a good stepping stone to bringing Drek down eventually. That there is decent writing.
Sorry for the longish rant, I hope its clear enough and the point comes across well enough.
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